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. 2022 Aug 6;10(22):7844–7858. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i22.7844

Table 2.

Subgroup analysis

Subgroup
Studies, n
SSD, n
SpDs, n
I 2 , %
P value for heterogeneity
Pooled analysis (cat-RR/con-MD)
95%CI
P value
2 L SSD with adjuvant vs SpDs
Adequate bowel preparation (categorical)[11,12,22,23,25,27,28] 7 1172 1177 51 0.05 1.00 (0.95, 1.05) 0.99
BBPS score for right colon (continuous)[11,12,23-27] 7 1227 1232 41 0.12 0.00 (-0.05, 0.05) 0.93
OBPS score for right colon (continuous)[22] 1 50 51
2 L SSD without adjuvant vs SpDs
Adequate bowel preparation (categorical)[11,15,16,18,21] 5 932 938 90 < 0.00001 0.86 (0.72, 1.02) 0.07
BBPS score for right colon (continuous)[11,15] 2 611 610 0 1.00 0.00 (-0.07, 0.07) 1.00
OBPS score for right colon (continuous)[16,21] 2 262 261 89 0.003 0.26 (-0.20, 0.72) 0.26
4 L SSD without adjuvant vs SpDs
Adequate bowel preparation (categorical)[13,14,20] 3 364 375 0 0.66 0.99 (0.94, 1.05) 0.82
BBPS score for right colon (continuous)[14] 1 172 167
OBPS score for right colon (continuous)[19,20] 2 110 110 0 0.71 -0.06 (-0.30, 0.18) 0.62

SSD: Same-day single-dose; SpDs: Split-dose; BBPS: Boston bowel preparation scale; OBPS: Ottawa bowel preparation scale; cat-RR/con-MD: Categorical-relative risk ratio/continuous-mean differences; CI: Confidence interval.